Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, whom Yu Lian'er cares about, is now living a very boring life.

"Jin Gengxin, is that the Shishan you mentioned?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who was quick and decisive in his actions, led 5,000 Silla soldiers to Shishan the next day after confirming the whereabouts of Quanbian Shiliu. After seven days of marching, they finally arrived at Shishan.

But His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was in a very bad mood right now - because what appeared before his eyes was just an ordinary hill.

The reason why Quanbian Sixteen chose this place as their base is that six or seven miles further east they can reach a natural harbor where their ships are basically moored.

"Your Highness, Quanbian Sixteen and his subordinates are up there." Jin Gengxin thought that His Highness the King of Chu was asking about the destination.

"Okay," His Royal Highness the King of Chu nodded, "Let the soldiers surround Shishan Mountain and then set it on fire."

"Your Highness, why don't you just use fire attack..." Although Jin Gengxin also thought that this was a good idea, it was a bit too... simple?

"I know what you are thinking." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu glanced at Jin Gengxin, and then said to Xuan Ce who was standing beside him: "Xuan Ce, do you think it makes sense for me to do this?"

"The method is simple and effective." Wang Xuance's evaluation is concise: "Setting fire to the mountain is to kill the chicken to scare the monkey."

“In fact, you know that Quanbian Sixteen is probably no longer on the mountain now.” The thing that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is most dissatisfied with the Silla soldiers is that they are all infantry - even if the news can be kept secret before departure, when the army gradually approaches the mountain, Quanbian Sixteen will definitely receive the news in advance. Therefore, although there are still Japanese pirates on the mountain now, they are only two or three small fish and shrimps, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu has no interest in drawing his knife at all.

Therefore, instead of letting the Silla soldiers launch an elaborate attack on Shishan Mountain, it would be better to just burn the entire mountain into a barren land - in this way, it doesn't matter whether the Izumibian Sixteen suffer heavy losses, but the entire Japanese pirate country will see Silla's determination to wipe them out this time.

And according to the nature of the Japanese, I am afraid they will gather together and launch a general attack on the Silla bandit suppression team, and this is exactly the result that His Royal Highness the King of Chu wants.

He also wanted to go home. After all, Sizi was so cute, and Zhinu... Zhinu was quite fat...

Half an hour later.

The entire mountain was engulfed in flames.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu, along with a group of his retainers and brothers, rode their horses in an open area to admire his masterpiece.

"Your Highness, there are people watching us two miles to the east." Suddenly, Zhang Zhenxuan rode up to Li Kuan and whispered to him, "I suspect it's a spy from the Japanese pirates."

"Gangzi." After listening to what Zhang Zhenxuan said, His Royal Highness the King of Chu immediately turned his gaze to Yuan Tiangang, who was discussing with Li Huairen whether to eat roasted beef tonight.

"Alas..." Seeing this, Taoist Yuan could only bow silently: "Give me a quarter of an hour."

"Go quickly and come back soon." His Royal Highness the King of Chu smiled slightly when he heard this. He actually just wanted to see Yuan Tiangang perform the Taoist Nine-Character Mantra. After all, that thing... although not as mysterious as Zhenxuan's thunder method, it was also extraordinary.

But His Royal Highness the King of Chu obviously overestimated the strength of the Japanese pirates, no, it should be the strength of the Japanese spies.

The quarter of an hour that Gangzi mentioned was the time it took him to leisurely ride his horse back and forth.

No one knew how he did it. Anyway, when Yuan Tiangang rode his horse to the front of the man, this Japanese spy who had never failed was still crawling on the ground in the same posture. However, the beads of sweat on his forehead and the bulging veins all over his body already explained his current condition.

His body was no longer under his control.

"Don't move," Yuan Tiangang said as he dismounted and picked up the man, then threw him back on the horse, and then mounted again: "My prince wants to see you," Yuan Tiangang said as he pulled out the dagger from the spy's calf, then used the dagger to pry open the spy's mouth and picked out the poison sac from his molars: "Remember to be honest when the time comes, so you can suffer less."

"..." At this time, the Japanese spy, looking at the Taoist in front of him, always had an absurd feeling as if he had seen the ancestor.

Perhaps... this is a sign of impending doom...

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The Japanese spies are not as tough as His Royal Highness the King of Chu imagined.

Perhaps this was also related to Yuwen Qing's method of torture. In any case, on the night that Gangzi brought the person back, His Royal Highness the King of Chu got the information he wanted.

"Your Highness, the spy that Taoist Yuan captured is from Quanbian Shiliu. According to him, the real identity of this group of people is actually the followers of the powerful Japanese clan Daban clan. The reason why they disguised themselves as pirates to rob Silla is actually because the situation of Daban clan in Japan is getting worse and worse. In addition, the king of Baekje privately pleaded with the king of Japan, hoping that Japan could join forces with Baekje to suppress Silla, which is on good terms with the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Silla is now plagued by pirates.

And it's not just Izumibe Sixteen. Most of the other Japanese pirates operating along the coast of Silla are actually followers of some powerful families in Japan. They are doing this for their own benefit and to please the King of Japan so as to gain his appreciation."

"Oh wow..." In the big tent, after listening to Yuwen Qing's report, His Royal Highness the King of Chu turned around and looked at Jin Gengxin, whose face changed drastically: "This is an unexpected gain..."

"This..." Jin Gengxin had countless thoughts in his mind. As a general of Silla, he certainly knew that Yuwen Qing's words could not be trusted, but the King of Baekje... had indeed coveted Silla for a long time. And the other party had close contacts with the Japanese royal family, which was no secret. Jin Gengxin had heard before that the King of Baekje presented a Buddhist scripture on the occasion of the Japanese king's birthday... Maybe...

Jin Gengxin was in a panic at this moment.

"Things have evolved to this point. It seems that it is no longer just a matter of eliminating the pirates." His Royal Highness the King of Chu blinked, and then said, "Jin Gengxin, how about this? I will hand over the captured pirate to you. You will bring him to the capital and let the queen interrogate him. Then you can make a decision."

"Your Highness, this person is just a spy..." Jin Gengxin originally wanted to say how could the other party know so much, but he changed his mind and thought that except for the fact that the King of Baekje asked the King of Japan for help in suppressing Silla, the rest of what he said was not a secret among them at all...